I was a terrible student in high school and the thing that the auto accident did - and it happened just as I graduated, so I was at this sort of crossroads - but it made me apply myself more, because I realized more than anything else what a thin thread we hang on in life, and I really wanted to make something out of my life.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

I must admit I suffered a bit when I first came to England. But then I realised that there was nothing to be intimidated by, everybody had two legs.

I like to say that films are never finished, they're only abandoned.

Success is a very difficult thing. It's much more difficult than one might think.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

Any society begins by realizing that together, by helping each other, you can survive better than if you fight each other and compete with each other.